Joel 1:15 KJV
Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
Matthew Henry
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Thompson Chains
- Day of VisitationSee the chain from Isaiah 10:3 · 7 links
- ImminenceSee the chain from Joel 2:1 · 6 links
- Destruction (2)See the chain from Isaiah 34:2 · 5 links
Cross References
- Jeremiah 30:7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble; but he shall be saved out of it.
- Isaiah 13:6–9 Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. …
- Ezekiel 7:2–12 Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. …
- Joel 2:11 And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it?
- Joel 2:31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the LORD come.
- Zephaniah 1:14–18 The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. …
- Psalms 37:13 The Lord shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming.
- Ezekiel 12:22–28 Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? …
- Joel 2:1–2 Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; …
- Amos 5:16–18 Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the Lord, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. …
- Luke 19:41–44 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, …
- James 5:9 Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.
- Revelation 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities National lessons from Afflictions and adversities
- Famine Sent as a judgment
- Joel Declares the terribleness of God’s judgments
- Minister, Christian Duties of Minister, Christian
- Nation Chastised
- Worship Commanded
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- Alas אֲהָהּ ʾăhāh אֲהָהּ Interjection
- for the day לַיּוֹם layyôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular · with preposition with the
- for the day יוֹם yôm יוֹם Noun · masculine singular construct
- of the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
- at hand כִּי kî Conjunction קָרוֹב qārôb קָרוֹב Adjective · masculine singular
- and as a destruction וּכְשֹׁד ûkĕšōd שֹׁד Noun · masculine singular · with and, preposition
- from the Almighty מִשַׁדַּי mišadday שַׁדַּי Proper name · with preposition
- shall it come יָבוֹא yābôʾ בּוֹא Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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